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OphthalmologicalSevere
Glaucoma
Ophthalmology · Ophthalmological
Severe
Severity
Common — a leading cause of irreversible blindness globally, affecting an estimated 3% of people over 40
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Ophthalmology
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Glaucoma most often results from a buildup of fluid
- 2called aqueous humor
- 3inside the eye due to inadequate drainage
- 4which raises intraocular pressure and gradually damages the optic nerve. Risk factors include older age
- 5family history
- 6naturally high eye pressure
- 7thin corneas
- 8extreme nearsightedness or farsightedness
- 9diabetes
- 10and long-term steroid use. In angle-closure glaucoma specifically
- 11the eye's drainage angle becomes physically blocked
- 12causing a rapid and dangerous pressure spike.
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